Is there a relationship between the age at which training the National Hunt Thoroughbred Racehorse commences and chiropractic assessment of skeletal symmetry.
01/04/2018 by McTimoney Animal
in Musculoskeletal symmetry
Oral presentation at BSAS conference, Dublin, Ireland April 2018
Published in Advances in Animal Biosciences 2018
Highlights
- Commencing training of National Hunt (NH) racehorses at 3yrs (rather than 4) had, on average, fewer misalignments of the spine and pelvis.
- Training at an earlier age may be beneficial for skeletal symmetry.
O’Brien, R., Davidson, V., Hunisett, A., Cunliffe, C. (2018)